Christmas Challenge 2023Anytime Orienteering

Looking north from the observatory
Credit: Philip Craven

Location Info

Near: Greenwich
Lat,Lng: 51.47502,0.00180
Postcode: SE10 8QY

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Directions / Parking

Greenwich Royal Park

Overview

JB Rae is organising this year's challenge - full details to follow.

Nearest A&E Hospital

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Virtual Orienteering Courses

MapRun is an app which allows you to use your smartphone to enjoy orienteering without needing to set up physical control points on the ground. There are now MapRun courses set up all across the UK which you can go and run right now, with more new ones being added all the time.

Using MapRun, you can run an orienteering course using either the map on your phone screen or a paper version; the only difference from a "traditional" course is that there are no physical markers on the ground. Instead, the phone tracks your location as you run and vibrates or buzzes to confirm when you've reached each control point on the course.

Permanent Orienteering Courses

These courses have fixed marker posts in place. Your challenge is to discover checkpoints in the form of posts or plaques, in forests, heathlands, parks and green spaces.